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    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      Sunak warned not to enter car ‘subsidy race’ with US and EU

      Policy Exchange think-tank urges UK prime minister to improve business climate instead

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      Camilla Cavendish
      Every big business needs its own Chief Political Officer

      Rolling crises have ensured that government relations is no longer a backwater department

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
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      Ministers and top mandarin pledge to avoid compulsory redundancies ‘where possible’, alongside lump sum

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      The Boris Johnson WhatsApp psychodrama

      Why is the UK government at loggerheads with the Covid inquiry it commissioned?

    • Friday, 2 June, 2023
      UK labour disputes
      UK’s biggest rail union says it will not ‘disarm’ for pay talks

      Warning from RMT leader Mick Lynch comes as strikes affect high-profile sporting weekend

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      Move to bypass Cabinet Office is blow to UK government, which has taken legal action to block release

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      Spread of informal messaging across departments raises concerns of slapdash decision-making

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      Trade experts warn British membership of Pan-Euro-Mediterranean convention is not ‘immediate fix’

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      UK government takes legal action over Boris Johnson’s Covid messages

      Cabinet office reveals former PM’s WhatsApp communications only date back to May 2021

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      Labour leader urged to focus on economic effects and less on climate change

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      Higher education leaders warn of ‘great strain’ as publicly funded organisations brace for increase in employer contributions

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      Pressure is mounting on leader Ed Davey to change tack

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      Decision follows accusations that he subjected five women to unwanted sexual attention in parliament

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      Policy prescriptions are plentiful but momentum and money behind them is lacking

    • Wednesday, 31 May, 2023
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      UK should boost alignment of rules with EU, says business commission

      Cross-party group’s call for ‘general policy’ on regulations comes as Labour vows to improve ties with Brussels

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      The trade-off the original Tory Leavers made with populists handed the Conservatives over to an alien worldview

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